BOATSWAIN’S MATE SEGER, FROM PASSAIC 50 PHARMACIST’S MATE FEELEY AND MESS ATTENDANT MARTINEZ 50 WINNING BOAT CREW IN FOURTH OF JULY RACE WITH APHRODITE 56 “THE BRIDGE GANG” 56 STARTING THE SWIMMING RACE FROM A MOORING BUOY 62 WATER SPORTS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY: THE RACE BETWEEN LIFE-RAFTS WITH COAL SHOVELS FOR PADDLES 62 A WET DAY FOR THE DECK WATCH 66 FRENCH AND UNDERHILL ARE DOLLED UP FOR THE CAMERA 66 THE BURNING AMERICAN SCHOONER AUGUSTUS WELD 70 FROM THE CORSAIR’S MAIN-TOP: THE CONVOY STEAMS OUT 70 “COAL ON THE CORSAIR, FILL EVERY BIN. WE WORK LIKE HELL, BOYS, TILL IT’S ALL IN” 74 A FRENCH FISHING-SMACK WHICH DARED THE RUTHLESS WARFARE 78 THE S.S. MANTO, WHICH SPED THROUGH THE WAR ZONE AT FIVE KNOTS 78 A GROUP OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS 84 A LIBERTY PARTY AT BREST 84 THE GUNNER’S MATES AND THE LONG ROW OF DEPTH CHARGES READY TO PLOP OVER THE STERN 88 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MINE TRACK, SHOWING THE Y GUN OR DOUBLE MORTAR 88 FRENCH FISHERMEN WHO WERE SET ADRIFT 92 THE CASTAWAYS FIND A HEARTY WELCOME ON THE CORSAIR 92 GUNNER’S MATES BARKO AND MOORE, AND A DEPTH CHARGE 98 WATCHING THE APHRODITE GO OUT ON PATROL 98 ENGINEERING FORCE OF THE CORSAIR 102 LIEUTENANT J. J. PATTERSON, ENGINEER OFFICER, AND HIS HUSKY “BLACK GANG” 102 A BOAT-LOAD OF SURVIVORS FROM THE ANTILLES COMING ALONGSIDE 106 NAVAL OFFICERS RESCUED FROM THE ANTILLES, WITH GENERAL MCNAIR, U.S.A. 106 THE ANTILLES CROWDED WITH TROOPS ON HER LAST VOYAGE TO FRANCE 110 THE ALCEDO PICKS UP THE ANTILLES SURVIVORS 110 THE CORSAIR DROPS A MINE AND SHAKES UP FRITZ 114